The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-01-06
THE EAST.

After q two hours conference with q
committee of his employees on the 27th,
President Lewis, Of the Brooklyn IN. W
Street Car Company, agreed to recognize the
Empire Protective Association. This was
the bone OF contention, and all fears of
another tie-up are now dispelled.
Bosom & Co.. of Boston, dealers in f,r-
niture, who recently failed, offer to pay
twenty-f cents on the dollar. Their liza
bilities are saI, 600 A creditors committee
has advised acceptance of the offer.
The tomb of W. b. Vanderbilt, at New
dorp, Staten Island, was sealed at noon on
the 27th in the presence of Mr.. George Van
derbilt. Wreaths of flowers were hung on
the bronze gate, but there was no core
mony.
An agreement between the Reading rail-
road general manager and its employees
was signed on the 28th and the threatened
strike averted The terms were not dis
closed, but are considered satisfactory to
both parties.
The annual statement of the saving banks
Of Massachusetts is gratifying exhibit.
The number of open accounts is 906, ,039, an
increase of 81, 7,272, and the amount of depos-
its is S291, ,197, ,900 an increase of SIG, 199 4SS
The announcement was made on the 2Sth
that Miss Edith Talmage, daughter of Rev.
T. Dewitt Talmage, will soon be married to
Mr.. Allan Donnan, of Richmond, Va.
DR.. Patten, an aged man who lived alone
in Franklin, Me-, was burned to death in
his house on the 2Sth. He was formerly a
successful dentist but lost his practice
through hintemperance and of late has earned
D Hvfng4 ny oS5bling.
John Tyler, the man who committed sui
eide few days ago and who was insured
for nearly $500, 200, took out policies last
March at Syracuse, N. Y, amounting to
s10,5O0.
BY the will OF John o. Williams, which
was filed for probate in the Suffolk County
(Mass.) Probate Court on the 2sth, Harvard
College receives some 100000.
The schedules in the assignment Of the
firm of E. NJ. Foster & Co., New York up
holsterers, show liabilities of 1852. 900; con-
tingent $SS, 1854; nominal assets 1914, ,126, and
i nctual assnts SS22, 1856. The assignee states
that the difference in the assets is due to
bad debts and depreciation in the value Of
the stock. 80 .a
Stubb's art store at Portland, Me-, burned
on the 28th, causing loss of $4,000.
Daniel F. Beatty, ex-Mayor of Washing
ton, N. j., was arrested on the 2Sth
charged with improper and illegal use Of
the mails. Beatty was at one time one Of
the most extensive manufacturers of organs
and pianos in the country. but failed ir
ness, and issued circulars Offering to sell
organs at remarkably low price. The
arrest was made at the instance Of lady
who claimed that she had sent him money
for an organ but has since been unable to
get either the money or the organ.
BY premature explosion of powder in
Lawrence, Brown & Co. 's colliery at Frack
vile, Pa, on the 29th ult Thomas Fisher
was burned to death, Richard Penn ant
Harry Mccormick seriously injured, and
three Italians frightfuIly burned and
scalded.
Mrs. Edwin Stanford, aged nineteen,
young married woman of Stanfords Cor
ners, N. Y, was burned to death on the 2Stf
ult. She was alone in the house, and it is
supposed her clothes caught fire from the
kitchen stove.
James A. McMasters, editor of the New
York Freeman's Journal, and leading
Catholic journalist, died in st. Mary's hos
pital, Brooklyn, N. Y, on the 2sth ult., from
the effects of fall few weeks ago. HI
was born in Duanesburg, N. Y, in 1920, ant
was the son of Protestant minister.
George Champion, a loom manufacturer
Of wide reputation, died at his home in Wor
cester, Mass, on the 29th ult., aged fifty
seven.
A fire at Greensburg, Pa, on the 29th ult
destroyed ten buildings including the Lairt
House, Temples hardware store, the Pres
office, Caleb Stark's dwelling and fou
stores. The guests of the Laird House wer
sound asleep when the fire started, ant
many Of them barely escaped from tn,
building in their night clothes. Loss est
mated at $100, 1000; insured for about hal
that amount.
An infant son of Mrs. Mary Hart, of Phil
adelphia, died suddenly OF the 29th ult
&c. xl.,f a,f ha6 lNc
twelve children heretofore, all at the ag
of but few days, the coroner ordered al
inquest upon the body Of the infant Tn
officials consider the case a very suspicion
enc.
At Niagara Falls, N. Y, on the Goth ult
o sleighing party consisting of scholars an
teachers OF st. Peters Sunday school, wer
crossing the New York Central railroa
tracks when the sleigh was struck by
switching engine. No one was killed, bu
nearly all were injured, one, Miss Ami
Locher, probably fatally.
At Nanticoke, Pa. on the 30th ult. a seal
fold upon which five men were at work o
the new armory gave way and the me
were precipitated to the ground below. A
were terribly cut and bruised. John Oswel
carpenter, had both legs broken and wa
fatally injured.
George Eyster, Jr, died suddenly at Phi
adelphia on the 30th ult. Mr.. Eyster hel
the office of Assistant Treasurer Of tt
United States at Philadelphia from 1856
when he was appointed by General Gran
until last june.
The case of the Oregon Transcontinent
Company against Kuhn, Loeb & Co.,
New York, in which the former recovere
verdict Of s1l2, 900, was settled on the 3o1
ult by the payment of 100000 by Kuh
Loeb Il Co.
Large quantities of counterfeit silver CO.
are being rendered in Hunters Point, l.
by farmers returning from New York Cit
It appears that most OF the counterfei
have been given in change by bartenders
saloons, and it is believed gang OF cou
terfeiters in upper New York are gettlr
rid Of their goods through the conniyan
Of saloon-keepers and bartenders-
Otis Jesselon, who is wanted in Lyme